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Amber Headlights

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Amber Headlights
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 6, 2005
Recorded2001–2002
GenreAlternative rock
Length31:10
LabelInfernal Recordings
ProducerGreg Dulli
Greg Dulli chronology
Amber Headlights
(2005)
Live at Triple Door
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic55/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound6/10[2]
Pitchfork4.7/10[3]
PopMatters[4]

Amber Headlights is an album by Greg Dulli, released in 2005.[5][6]

Production

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In 2001, Dulli started to work on the follow-up to The Twilight Singers' debut album Twilight as Played by The Twilight Singers. However, the death of his close friend Ted Demme in January 2002 led him to decide to start a new project in tribute to Demme that would eventually become Blackberry Belle.[7][8] The song "Get the Wheel" became "Follow You Down" on Blackberry Belle. Three years later, Dulli decided to release the songs on his own label, Infernal Recordings.

Critical reception

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Amber Headlights was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 55 based on 9 reviews.[1]

Billboard wrote that the album "harks back to the denser guitar rock of the Afghan Whigs."[9]

Track listing

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  1. "So Tight" - 2:57
  2. "Cigarettes" - 3:34
  3. "Domani" - 3:54
  4. "Early Today (And Later That Night)" - 3:34
  5. "Golden Boy" - 3:44
  6. "Black Swan" - 3:41
  7. "Pussywillow" - 3:41
  8. "Wicked" - 4:11
  9. "Get the Wheel" - 1:54

References

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  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Oriel, Jane (February 22, 2006). "Greg Dulli Amber Headlights". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on June 20, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (November 27, 2005). "Greg Dulli Amber Headlights". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  4. ^ Lundy, Zeth (September 8, 2020). "Greg Dulli: Amber Headlights". PopMatters. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Quietus | News | Greg Dulli Announces Solo LP". The Quietus.
  6. ^ Valish, Frank. "Greg Dulli". undertheradarmag.com.
  7. ^ McMahan, Tim (November 5, 2003). "The Twilight Singer's Greg Dulli: Remembering Teddy". Lazy-i. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  8. ^ Kerr, Dave (May 16, 2006). "The Twilight Singers: From Despair to Where?". The Skinny. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Dulli Goes Direct". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 22, 2005 – via Google Books.